Frances S. Hasso

Rue Habib Bourghiba; 30 March 2013, Tunis WSF; photo by Frances Hasso

A cheesecake to celebrate with other feminists, Dr. Amel Grami’s clever idea; 30 March 2013; photo by Frances Hasso

It was wonderful to finally meet and hang out with Dr. Amel Grami, a high energy brilliant academic and activist at University of Manouba in Tunisia; 30 March 2013; photo with Hasso camera.

One of many banners, this one complaining about UNHCR not assisting in resettlement of refugees from Libya; 30 March 2013; WSF, Tunis; photo by Frances Hasso

Tunis, I walked this avenue every day between my hotel and downtown.

… Tunis, 30 March 2013; using Hasso camera

Dr. Val Moghadam of Northeastern University and I barely see each other in the U.S. but got to visit in Tunis; 30 March 2013; photo with Hasso camera

30 March 2013, WSF Tunis; government seemed to recognize this would be a good media day; pro-Sunni, pro-revolution in Syria; photo by Frances Hasso

World Social Forum 2013, Tunis, Day 5; 30 March; photo by Frances Hasso

WSF, Day 5; 30 March; photo by Frances Hasso

Manar University, 30 March 2013; photo by Frances Hasso

“Resist: The Revolution is Not Over;” Tunisia, World Social Forum, 30 March 2013; photo by Frances Hasso

Anarchist-feminist signs; “The downfall of the regime is necessary” (Arabic); 30 March 2013; Manar Univ.; photo by Frances Hasso

Al-Manar University, Zone B, an area of anarchist settlement; Day 5 it is largely empty but for the slogans; photo by Frances Hasso

30 March, Day 5; “The General Union of Tunisian Students Supports the Syrian People’s Revolution;” arguments ensue between leftists and Ennahdha supporters; photo by Frances Hasso

“Abas” (?) states, police, and the bourgeois…; 30 March 2013, Day 5. World Social Forum; photo by Frances Hasso

They show up to challenge the Ennahdha group with competing slogans; 30 March 2013; photo by Frances Hasso

insisting that the revolution will continue; 30 March 2013; photo by Frances Hasso

A state organization nestled among the anarchists and focused on “family promotion”; 30 March 2013; Manar University; WSF, Tunis; photo by Frances Hasso